Why Invest in Rare American Coins
Rare American coins make great investments as they tend to experience strong growth due to their increasing demand and declining supply. While you can still find many rare American coins for sale online, the number of rare American coins in mint state decreases over time. This is because over time these coins sustain damage through mishandling. It is also because many coin collectors are stocking up on rare American coins in these troubled economic times.

It is the rare American coins of a high grade that tend to produce the strongest growth with the coins that have shown the strongest gains in the past most likely to produce strong gains in the future.  For example some rare Morgan silver dollars have seen their value increase by five fold over the last 10 years. This means if you owned a rare Morgan dollar coin ten years ago you may have made a 500% gain on your investment.

Some rare American coins include the Morgan dollar 1889-CC, 1893-S and 1895 Proof coin, the Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle 1907 and 1933 mintage, the Mercury Dime 1916-D and 1921 mintage and the Lincoln Wheat Cent mintage 1909-S and 1931-S. In some cases less than half a million of these coins were minted making them very rare and valuable today. Occasionally some of these coins sell for over a million dollars making the dealer a fortune.

The rarest American coin in existence is the 1933 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle. One sold for 7 million dollars at an auction. Only 445,500 Double Eagles were minted, none were released into circulation and as a result of the great depression it was illegal to own gold coins. Laws were passed to prevent the hording of Gold and most of the 1933 Double Eagles were melted down and turned into gold bars. In 1933 it had a face value of 20 dollars; today it is valued in the millions of dollars.